Agreed…staff attrition is commonplace in college football. Top 20 programs have their coaches poached every year. Not a terrible thing…new blood and new vision often helps culture.
Big picture is Whit’s career is winding down. Anywhere from tomorrow to 2025 we’re going to have a new HC with multiple staff changes. Could it be someone with Utah roots or does Harlan make his mark with a Majerus or Meyer hire like Hill did.
Today we’re a strong P5 program trying to cement ourselves as a top 25-30 program for years to come. Don’t worry about recruiting…it’s on the upswing. We’ve had two excellent classes in a row. Cupboard is pretty full and we’re not trying to weed many out. There is talent on the hill and next years class will probably be rated higher than ever before if we’re successful again (which we should be). Future is bright. Enjoy the ride.
Side note on Coach Taylor. If he’s offered the Sac St job my belief is that he’ll take it. He wants to be in charge, wants to have full say over his own program, wants to prove he can do it on his own. 3 – 4 years ago he was coaching in High School. Let’s say he made $200K at E Wash and moved up to $7-800K at Utah and then dropped down to $600K at Sac State as the head guy??!! Any of you be able to live on $600k coaching football? Prove he can do it there and he gets a G5 job for 1-2 million…and if not he pulls 5-600K a year for 5+ years. Easier to get an HC job with HC experience. Which one of you wouldn’t take that kind of money to be your own boss?
That’s the reality and it’s not a bad reality. That said, as of last night the only two announced to the team as leaving were Ena and GA.
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